Stody: Ajamil’s previous life

Pariksit asked, “Ajamil was a learned Brahmana; how did it occur that he established a relationship with a prostitute?”

In answer Sri Sukadeva Goswami narrated Ajamil’s previous life. Ajamil was a pious mendicant living in the foothills of the Himalayas.

One day, while performing his duties, he drank ice-cold water from a mountain stream from which he became extremely cold and fell unconscious.

At that moment a Brahmana walking with his sixteen-year-old daughter arrived there for some water, as well as a doctor.

The doctor checked the pulse of the unconscious mendicant and said, “If this mendicant is warmed by the bodily heat from a young woman he will regain consciousness.”

The concerned Brahmana was very gentle and innocent and trusted the doctor.
Hence, he brought the unconscious mendicant to his house and instructed his daughter to cuddle with the man.

Thus, by the bodily heat from the girl, the mendicant regained consciousness, where he found the girl lying with him, which greatly anger him.

He then cursed the girl to take birth as a prostitute.

The girl was also very religious and possessed spiritual potency and thus cursed the mendicant saying, Because of pride you cursed an innocent person; therefore you will be born in a Vedic Brahmana family and you will keep my association.”

Moral of the story:

Pride is greatest enemy of the soul. Even greatly spiritual advance people easily fall down from there path when pride enter there consciousnesses.

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